Commission and author of a chapter on the FCC in the Heritage Foundation’s playbook. Tech freedom and civil rights organizations swiftly denounced Friday’s decision.
The Supreme Court’s ruling was dubbed “a major blow to freedom of expression online” by the American Civil Liberties Union,
Which also encouraged the Trump administration to collaborate with Congress in order to “fix or repeal this flawed legislation.”
According to Patrick Toomey, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project,
“the government cannot shut down an entire communications platform unless it poses extremely serious and imminent harm, and there is no evidence of that here.”
“This decision creates a risky and erroneous precedent that allows the government excessive authority to censor internet expression by Americans.
